Skull in the ashes [electronic resource] : murder, a gold rush manhunt, and the birth of circumstantial evidence in America / Peter Kaufman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fire and ice -- Death in flames -- The Bohemian immigrant's clever son -- Down on the ground -- Thiel's men move in -- Following the trail -- Hardships -- Klondike madness -- Inside -- Down the Yukon -- The long journey home -- The trial -- Setting the stage -- Orange pumpkins and yellow journalism -- Inside the courthouse -- Point and counterpoint -- The summing up and verdict -- After the verdict -- The white palace and the fort -- Life in the colony -- The redemption dance -- Novak's second disappearing act -- The measure of their lifetimes.

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